1 John 5:6
This is he that came by water and by blood, Jesus the Christ; not by water only, but by water and by blood: and it is the Spirit that testifies, because the Spirit is truth.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
5Who is he that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
7For there are three that testify, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood;
Cross References
Matthew 26:28for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many in order to the remission of sins.
Luke 22:20In like manner also, the cup, after he had supped, saying: This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is shed for you.
John 3:5Jesus answered: Verily, verily I say to you, unless a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he can not enter into the kingdom of God.
John 4:14but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him, shall never thirst. But the water that I will give him, shall be in him a fountain of water springing up in order to eternal life.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 5:2-6
Love and Faith. ( a. d. 80.) 1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. 4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. 5 Who is he that… Read the whole commentary →